Agastya International Foundation
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| Industry | Education |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1999 |
| Headquarters | Bangalore , India |
Area served | India |
Key people | Ramji Raghavan (Chairman) Mahavir Kumar (Managing Trustee) Rakesh Jhunjhunwala Alok Oberoi Dr. V. K. Aatre H. N. Srihari Manish Gupta Adhirath Sethi Vidya Shah Utpal Seth |
Number of employees | 1200+ |
| Website | www.agastya.org |
Agastya International Foundation (Agastya)[1] is an Indian education trust and non-profit organization based in Bangalore, India whose mission is to spark curiosity, nurture creativity and build confidence among economically disadvantaged children and teachers in India.[2] A team of scientists, educators and entrepreneurs led by Ramji Raghavan founded Agastya in 1999. Agastya runs hands-on science and art education programs in rural, semi-urban and urban regions across 19 Indian states. It is one of the largest science education programs that caters to economically disadvantaged children and teachers in the world.[3]
Contents
1 Programs
1.1 Campus Creativity Lab
1.2 Other educational programs
2 References
Programs
Campus Creativity Lab
Agastya has a "Campus Creativity Lab" located on a 172-acre campus in Kuppam, Andhra Pradesh,[4] which houses science and art centers including an astronomy center and planetarium, center for creative teaching, an innovation hub, a science model-making center, the Ramanujan Math Park, an open-air ecology lab and many more. The campus receives over 650 children every day and also trains teachers from seven states in India.[5]
Other educational programs
Agastya's programs across India are also delivered by over 190 Mobile Lab and iMobile Lab Vans, 60 Lab-on-Bikes and TechLaBikes, 70 Science Centers, nearly 540 night village school centers and trained over 14,000 Young Instructor Leaders (peer-to-peer learning). As of March 2018, Agastya has directly reached face-to-face over 10 million children (50% girls) and 250,000 teachers, from vulnerable and economically disadvantaged communities. As a charitable trust, Agastya is funded by corporate CSR, government and individual donations.[6]
References
^ Saha, Devanik (12 September 2012). "Fostering Innovation and Creativity in Rural India: Agastya Foundation". Huffington Post. Retrieved 24 August 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ Agastya in Forbes
^ Education World Article
^ Agastya Science Center: Education and Hope from a Fountain of Knowledge
^ "'Agastya Foundation' - A Knowledge Hub For Village Students: ETV Report". YouTube. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
^ "Agastya International Foundation | Who Are Our Partners". www.agastya.org. Retrieved 2017-12-19.